- $6,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Stam, David H (Syracuse, NY 13224 USA) in affiliation with New York Public Library (New York, NY 10018 USA)
Goal: To support collections development, conservation and preservation, bibliographic access to holdings, and reference services.
Grant: 141743 / CY-20001-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Miscellaneous Institutions - $2,110,000
ACLS/SSRC International Research Program
Recipient: Lodge, Thomas (New York, NY 10158 USA) in affiliation with Social Science Research Council (New York, NY 10019 USA)
Goal: To support the International Postdoctoral Grants Program of SSRC and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Grant: 159853 / RI-20264-86, Category: International Studies, Division: Research Programs, Program: International Research - $1,250,000
ACLS Fellowship Program
Recipient: Greenberg, Janet (New York, NY 10017 USA) in affiliation with American Council of Learned Societies
Goal: To support a program of fellowships for postdoctoral research in the humani- ties.
Grant: 161142 / RR-20002-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Research Programs, Program: Selected Areas - $1,050,000
The Civil War
Recipient: Burns, Ken (Walpole, NH 03608 USA) in affiliation with GWETA, Inc. (Washington, DC 20013 USA)
Goal: To support the expansion of the five-hour CIVIL WAR series to nine or ten hours.
Grant: 156476 / GN-22769-86, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $1,000,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Michels, Joseph W (University Park, PA 16802 USA) in affiliation with Pennsylvania State University, Main Campus
Goal: To establish an endowment for the College of Liberal Arts to support faculty chairs in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, Anglo-German Literary Relations, and Ethics; a humanities faculty fellows program; and a faculty de- velopment program for scholarly research and curriculum development.
Grant: 141664 / CU-20127-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $1,000,000
Masterworks of American Fiction
Recipient: Geller, Robert (Larchmont, NY 10538 USA) in affiliation with Learning in Focus, Inc. (New York, NY 10017 USA)
Goal: To support the production of a feature-length television film adapted from Kate Chopin's novel THE AWAKENING (1899). This film will be the second programin a series of adaptations of major American novels.
Grant: 156465 / GN-22621-86, Category: American Literature, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $1,000,000
Lowell Fever (The Lowell Mills, 1839-1846)
Recipient: Rassbach, Elsa A (New York, NY 10110 USA) in affiliation with Made in U.S.A. Productions, Inc. (New York, NY 10013 USA)
Goal: To support the production of a two-hour historical drama depicting the begin- nings and evolution of the Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mills between 1839 and 1846.
Grant: 156489 / GN-22902-86, Category: American History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $947,978
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Schweitzer, Don A (Fullerton, CA 92634 USA) in affiliation with California Council for the Humanities (San Francisco, CA 94108 USA)
Grant: 161984 / SO-20712-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $900,000
Pyramid
Recipient: Hubbard, Ray A (Washington, DC 20015 USA) in affiliation with Unicorn Projects, Inc. (Arlington, VA 22201 USA)
Goal: To complete production of a one-hour animated documentary television program based on David Macaulay's book PYRAMID.
Grant: 156446 / GN-22299-86, Category: Ancient History, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $850,000
The Sorceress, the Friar, and the Greyhound Saint: A Film on Peasant Healing Rites in 13th-Century France
Recipient: Berger, Pamela C (Cambridge, MA 02139 USA) in affiliation with Lara Classics, Inc.
Goal: To support the production of a 90-minute dramatic feature film about the eventsand conflicts that occurred in a 13th-century French village when a Dominican friar, an early inquisitor, uncovered an ancient peasant healing ritual. The story is taken from the text of Etienne de Bourbon, written in the late 1520s.
Grant: 156470 / GN-22654-86, Category: Medieval Studies, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - $830,000
Creation of Machine-Readable Cataloguing for the NRMM Master File
Recipient: Gardner, Jeffrey J (Washington, DC 20036 USA) in affiliation with Association of Research Libraries
Goal: To support the production of machine-readable catalogue records for the mono- graphic reports in the NATIONAL REGISTER OF MICROFORM MASTERS Master File.
Grant: 158609 / PS-20051-86, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects Pre 1996 - $795,010
State Humanities Program
Recipient: George, Edward Vincent (Lubbock, TX 79409-2071 USA) in affiliation with Humanities Texas (Austin, TX 78701-1506 USA)
Grant: 162004 / SO-20732-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO) - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Galler, Susan R (Boston, MA 02134 USA) in affiliation with WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston, MA 02135 USA)
Goal: To establish an endowment for the conservation of the museum's collections, to support the renovation of the climate control system, and to provide funds for the creation of a permanent exhibition on the history of the region.
Grant: 141181 / CB-20033-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Media Organizations - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Smith, Elba N (Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA) in affiliation with Community Television of Southern California
Goal: To establish a cash reserve fund for the acquisition and production of nationalprogramming in the humanities and the purchase of production and broadcasting equipment.
Grant: 141182 / CB-20040-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Media Organizations - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Taylor, Merrily E (Providence, RI 02912-0000 USA) in affiliation with Brown University (Providence, RI 02912 USA)
Goal: To establish an endowment to cover the costs of library acquisitions--focusing on the classics, old world archaeology, the history of mathematics, history, area studies, language and literature, theater arts, and the history of music and art--and the costs of staff to catalogue these holdings.
Grant: 141662 / CU-20117-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Cole, Jonathan R (New York, NY 10027 USA) in affiliation with Columbia University
Goal: To establish an endowment for the development of junior faculty in the humani- ties. Awards would be made for research and writing during the summer, manu- script preparation, research materials and equipment, and travel to profes- sional meetings, symposia, and conferences.
Grant: 141666 / CU-20133-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $750,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Roider, Karl A (Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA) in affiliation with Louisiana State University and A & M College
Goal: To establish an endowment to support five new chairs in the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences and to augment the income available for the college's sabbaticals and faculty research grants.
Grant: 141671 / CU-20148-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $720,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Berline, Judith (Berkeley, CA 94709 USA) in affiliation with Graduate Theological Union
Goal: To establish a fund for the completion of the second and third floors of the library, for the creation of an endowment for the library's continuing main- tenance, and for faculty development.
Grant: 141667 / CU-20138-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $700,000
Challenge Grant
Recipient: Copek, Peter J (Corvallis, OR 97331 USA) in affiliation with Oregon State University
Goal: To establish and endow a Center for the Humanities which will support humani- ties faculty research and professional development, coordinate conferences and other special activities in the humanities, and develop external constituenciesfor the humanities through public programs.
Grant: 141658 / CU-20071-86, Category: Humanities, Division: Challenge Grants, Program: Challenge Grants for Universities - $700,000
Visions of the Constitution
Recipient: Skinner, Tom (Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA) in affiliation with Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting
Goal: To support the production of two 60-minute documentary programs, part of a nine part series on the United States Constitution.
Grant: 156466 / GN-22629-86, Category: American Government, Division: Public Programs, Program: Media, Humanities Projects in - Endowment for the humanities grants to year 1986; items 1-21 of 832 with a total funding of $23,602,988.